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Glaucous Macaw

Anodorhynchus glaucus

FAMILY

New World and African Parrots (Psittacidae)

LAST DOCUMENTED

1883

(141 years)

REGION

South America

IUCN STATUS

Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Last Documented

It is difficult to determine the dates and provenance of Glaucous Macaw specimens, but the last wild specimen may have originated from Paraguay prior to 1883 (BirdLife International 1992). Also from that same era, there's an Argentinian specimen listed from 1874.

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